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Legal Ethics
Legal Ethics Law360 provides breaking news and analysis on legal malpractice cases and attorney misconduct. Coverage includes criminal allegations, disciplinary actions, and recusals involving attorneys and judges, as well as legal rules and standards.
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Latest News in Legal Ethics
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February 03, 2026
Boston IP Firm Sees Malpractice Claims Revived By 1st Circ.
The First Circuit has revived legal malpractice claims from a Colorado tech company that alleged it was betrayed when its lawyers at a Boston intellectual property law firm filed patents for another client, finding that a lower court's ruling that the claims were time-barred assumed the three-person company comprised exclusively of engineers had an understanding of tricky legal concepts.
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February 03, 2026
Google Erroneously Removed Biz Profile, Colo. Law Firm Says
Google's artificial intelligence summary erroneously referred to a nonexistent false review of a Denver bankruptcy law firm before Google removed the firm's business profile without explanation, the firm told a Colorado state court.
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February 03, 2026
NJ Justices Wary Witness Hiring Defendant's Atty Is A Conflict
Justices on New Jersey's supreme court appeared skeptical on Tuesday of a claim from a man convicted of murder that his trial counsel was ineffective because his girlfriend, who was a witness for the state and the victim's cousin, hired and paid for his attorney.
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February 03, 2026
Georgia Atty Gives Up Law License After Forging Court Order
The Georgia Supreme Court has accepted an attorney's voluntary surrender of his law license, finding Tuesday that his removal from the state bar was appropriate after the attorney admitted to forging a court order for a client.
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February 03, 2026
Full Fed. Circ. Won't Rethink $162K Fee Award In Ramey Case
The Federal Circuit will not reconsider its earlier ruling upholding a $162,000 fee award against a patent owner represented by attorney William Ramey III and his firm, Ramey LLP, after a district court found Ramey had brought a "weak" patent suit against television maker Vizio.
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